American Revolution / written by Stuart Murray.
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TextSeries: DK eyewitness booksPublication details: New York : DK Pub., 2002.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN: - 0789485575 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780789485571 (lib. bdg.)
- 0789490757
- 9780789490759
- 0789485567
- 9780789485564
- 0789490749
- 9780789490742
- 973.3 21
- E208 .M987 2002
Written in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
Includes index.
A visual guide, accompanied by text, to the people, battles, and events of America's war for independence.
Life in British America -- War in the new world -- Taxation without representation -- Revolution's opposing leaders -- Unrest becomes revolution -- Breed's Hill and the siege of Boston -- Recruiting and training -- Armies of king and congress -- Early northern battles -- Declaration of Independence -- Battles and campaigns -- Victory at Saratoga -- Attacks on the frontier -- Winter soldier -- Symbols of freedom -- France becomes an ally -- War at sea -- Embattled New York -- Spies and traitors -- Home front and behind the lines -- Camps and prisons -- Soldier's doctor -- War for the south -- Yorktown -- Last two years of war -- Peace and the birth of a nation -- George Washington: father of his country.
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